Her name is on everyone's lips once again and it's not for her fashion sense or luxurious life but rather accusations of fraud and criminal charges.
Business woman and media person Shauwn Mkhize is trending after investigative journalism channel Carte Blanche aired an episode of her fraud allegations looking back into her cases dating back to 2005.
Shawn is said to have benefited from the Msunduzi municipality that sponsored her soccer team Royal AM with R27 million.
Carte Blanche also interviews investigative journalist Jonathan Erasmus to further go into detail of his findings against the businesswoman who was married to business man Sbu Mpisane.
Together the Mpisane empire started getting government housing tenders, as MaMkhize owns Zikhulise group which is a holding company that does mining, construction, transport and cleaning.
It was their lavish lifestyle that caused SARS to take note of them and they were investigated for tax evasion, fraud, forgery and uttering that case was with withdrawn after Mamkhize made submissions to the National Prosecution Authority (NPA).
Carte Blache sat down in an interview with her to discuss her many charges in the past. MaMkhize denies being a convicted fraudster nor having a criminal record of any nature.
When asked how would she describe herself, her answer was "I don't look to describe myself to anyone. I will never entertain the noise of the world."
"I never chose to be born in a political environment. Why cant people look at me as a young black woman who has worked very hard," she continued.
MaMkhize is the daughter of Sipho and Florence Mkhize, ANC activists during apartheid. Her father was killed, apparently for political reasons, allegedly by a policeman in 1991.
Key take aways from the interview
- It's been estimated that Mamkhize's businesses have been awarded over R1 billion in government tenders since 2005.
- She has been investigated for charges of tax evasion, fraud, forgery and uttering in which the case was dropped without a reason.
- In 2005, 2011 and 2012 she was charged with Tax evasion.
- In 2012 she was arrested for defeating the ends of justice.
Watch the full episode here.
